Today at the World Cup: Wednesday 11 July | Football News

What's wrong?

Croatia hinders England Finals Cup since 1966 as both teams meet in an intriguing Moscow semi-final.

England's 2-0 victory against Sweden on Saturday made the country dream after 52 years of disappointment at major tournaments.

Gareth Southgate thinks that England could get a bigger They won the World Cup in 1966.

Gareth Southgate and Jordan Henderson

He said: "I've met a lot of these players [who won the World Cup] and we know exactly how they are held and perhaps, in the modern times, it would still be Croatia fought to find a rhythm in its victories against Denmark and Russia with Zlatko Dalic, claiming that the defensive style of their opponents stifled their creativity.

19659013] He said: "I I'm glad we showed strength in those matches and adapted our style, we played the best we could and finally got those matches. I hope that against England it will finally be our style of play and our match. "

Ones to watch …

Harry Kane: The English machine seems to have the golden boot all wrapped up After a murderous end of series, strongly helped by his prowess from the point of repair, he will be confident of adding to his total of six points against Dejan Lovren, who was replaced only 31 minutes after the defeat of the Premier League 4-1 Tottenham at Wembley with the Croatian culprit for each of the first two goals his camp conceded, where Kane got the better of him.

Harry Kane is the skipper from England

Luka Modric: The man from Real Madrid knows a thing or two about the breakup of English hearts.We win at Wembley, the small midfielder was outs Tiger, outclbading Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.He was the driving force behind his country in this tournament, covering more ground than any of his teammates and providing quality when it counts.

Luka Modric dominated Croatia in Russia

Previous meetings …

In November 2007, the 3-2 defeat of England against Croatia at Wembley, a rain-soaked team, prevented Steve McClaren's team from qualifying for Euro 2008.

For his racing debut at Paul Robinson's place, Scott Carson allowed Nico Kranjcar to sneak through the net looking for a long-range shot. When Ivica Olic overtook Carson for hitting in a second six minutes later, England dropped her eyes. After the break, England reacted, when Frank Lampard scored on the field and Peter Crouch took over the advantage. Mladen Petric put Croatia ahead, with a left foot shot just outside the box.

Steve McClaren was in charge of England in 2008 [19659015InSeptember2008CapellotookhisteamtoZagrebandsetoffaninspiredTheoWalcottHishat-trickwithagoalfromRooneysecureda4-1victoryoveraCroatianteamreducedto10menearlyinthesecondperiod

In the counter-match at Wembley a year later, England demolished his former killers 5 -1

The statistics of the day …

• This is the eighth encounter between England and Croatia, England winning four of these matches, with one draw and two Croatian wins. six of the previous seven games were also played on a Wednesday
• England is playing its third semi-final of the World Cup; They won 2-1 against Portugal in 1966 before winning the tournament, but lost on penalties against Germany in 1990.
• Croatia had eight different scorers at the 2018 World Cup – only Belgium had more different net players (9).
• Harry Kane scored on six of the seven days of the week for England on Wednesday, the only day he did not score. In his mark, he will become the third player to score on the seven days of the week for England, after Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.

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